澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-11-20

 Ireland has moved a step closer to accepting an emergency bailout from European banks by admitting it needs help. The country's central bank says Ireland is willing to accept tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans to show markets it has the capacity to overcome its debt crisis. The comments follow talks between the International Monetary¹ Fund, European banks and the Irish government. Negotiations² on a bailout deal are expected to continue through the week.

 

Newspapers produced by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in Australia will no longer be available free on the Internet from next year. The chief executive of News Corp's digital arm, Richard Freudenstein, confirmed the move, but Mr Freudenstein said the Australian and tabloids³ like Sydney's Daily Telegraph and Melbourne's Herald⁴ Sun were unlikely to follow the lead of the London Times, which has put all its content behind a so-called paywall.

 

And to the market numbers: Australian shares ended the session yesterday slightly lower. The All Ords was down five points. The ASX200 finished 11 points lower. Elsewhere in the region, Japan's Nikkei was up, the Hang Seng down. On the commodities market, gold is trading higher, oil is steady. And a quick check of the currencies: the US dollar is at about 98.5 US cents, the yen⁵ 82.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 tabloids   

n.小报，通俗小报（版面通常比大报小一半，文章短，图片多，经常报道名人佚事）( tabloid的名词复数 )；药片

参考例句：

• The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids. 所有小报都在头版报道了这件事。
• The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。

4 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

5 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。